Sporting Digest: Athletics
World Cross-Country Championships (Budapest) Senior men (12.06km): 1 W Sigei (Ken) 34min 29sec; 2 S Chemoiywa (Ken) 34:30; 3 H Gebresilasie (Eth) 34:32; 4 P Tergat (Ken) 34:36; 5 K Skah (Mor) 34:56. Teams: 1 Kenya 34pts; 2 Morocco 83; 3 Ethiopia 133; 8 Great Britain 439. Junior men (8.14km): 1 P Mosima (Ken) 24:15; 2 D Komen (Ken) 24:17; 3 A Tsige (Eth) 24:46. Senior Women (6.22km): 1 H Chepngeno (Ken) 20min 45sec; 2= C McKiernan (Irl), C Ferreira (Port) 20:52; 4 M Denboa (Eth) 20:57; 5 A Dias (Port) 20:59. Teams: 1 Portugal 55pts; 2 Ethiopia 65; 3 Kenya 75. Junior women (4.3km): 1 S Barsosio (Ken) 14:4sec; 2 R Cheruiyot (Ken) 14:05; 3 E Yeptanui (Ken) 14.15; 11 N Slater (GB) 14.49.
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